Essay Hell Writing Tips Make the Tabloids!
by j9robinson | Dec 12, 2016
A friendly reporter from the popular daily tabloid newspaper, Metro, contacted me a couple weeks ago. She was writing a piece for the New York edition on college admissions, and wanted to feature some of my college application essay writing tips. (It’s actually...Click logo to visit Home Page!
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